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Budding Amethyst

Renewable	No
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool
Blast resistance	1.5
Hardness	1.5
Luminous	No
Transparent	Partial (blocks light)
Flammable	No
Catches fire from lava	No
Map color (Java)	24 COLOR_PURPLE

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Budding amethyst is a fragile block found in amethyst geodes that grows amethyst clusters over time. It cannot be obtained as an item or moved by a piston, necessitating that it be returned to in order to harvest more clusters from it.

Obtaining

Budding amethysts can only be obtained via the Creative inventory or with commands, as they are unobtainable by Survival means, even using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch.

Breaking

Budding amethyst cannot be obtained when mined, even using a tool enchanted with Silk Touch. It breaks immediately if pushed by a piston or sticky piston, and cannot be pulled by sticky pistons.

Block	Budding Amethyst
Hardness	1.5
Tool
Breaking time (sec)
Default	7.5
Wooden	1.15
Stone	0.6
Iron	0.4
Diamond	0.3
Netherite	0.25
Golden	0.2
Options
Efficiency	0
Haste	0 JEBE

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Budding amethyst generates naturally as part of amethyst geodes replacing some blocks of amethyst in the innermost layer of the geode.

Usage

Growing into amethyst clusters

An amethyst bud placed on a budding amethyst (rather than any other block) grows over time, regardless whether it was placed by the player or spawned by the budding amethyst itself. That bud goes through three growth stages – small, medium, and large – before reaching its 4th and final growth stage as an amethyst cluster, which drops amethyst shards when mined.

In Java Edition, the below logic can be applied:

1. Per random tick, updates will occur to any given block in the loaded chunk every 68.27 seconds on average if the chunk center is within 128 blocks of a player's location.
2. Choose one randomly-selected side of the six-sided block. This random choice is done without considering if growth is possible, so if a direction is chosen that cannot grow an amethyst bud, the random tick does not perform any work.
3. There is a 20% chance to either create a new amethyst bud in air or still water, or to increment the growth stage of an existing amethyst bud, if that bud is attached directly to this block (two adjacent budding amethysts do not speed up growth of a bud between them, as each bud is attached to just one block).
4. There are 4 growth stages.

As such, the math can be applied if a player is within random tick range as:

(68.27 seconds average for random ticks) x (20% chance of growth for any given single side) x (6 sides) x (4 growth stages) = 68.27×5×6×4 = 8192 seconds average, also 2 hours 16 minutes 32 seconds, also 6.827 in-game days.

Sound

Uniquely among other blocks a budding amethyst makes a quiet overlay sound when generally interacted with as well as its block breaking sound when hit with a projectile.

Sounds

Generic

Java Edition:

[hide] v t e amethyst sound type
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.amethyst_block.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.amethyst_block.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.amethyst_block.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.amethyst_block.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.amethyst_block.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide] v t e amethyst_block sound type
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	Once the block has broken	break.amethyst_block	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.amethyst_block	1.0	1.0
	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.amethyst_block	1.0	0.5-1.2
	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.amethyst_block	1.0	1.0
	Players	Walking on the block	step.amethyst_block	1.0	1.0
	Players	Jumping from the block	step.amethyst_block	1.0	1.0
	Players	Falling on the block without fall damage	step.amethyst_block	1.0	1.0

Unique

Java Edition

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Subtitles	Source	Description	Resource location	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Amethyst chimes	Blocks	Walking on the block	block.amethyst_block.chime	subtitles.block.amethyst_block.chime​	0.26-0.2768	0.5-1.784	16
	​Amethyst chimes	Blocks	When a projectile collides with the block	block.amethyst_block.chime	subtitles.block.amethyst_block.chime​	0.2	0.5-1.7	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	When a projectile collides with the block	block.amethyst_block.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.2	0.5-1.7	16

Bedrock Edition:

[hide]Sounds
Sound	Source	Description	Resource location	Volume	Pitch
	Blocks	When stepped on, or when a projectile collides with it	chime.amethyst_block	1.0	0.5-1.7
	Blocks	When a projectile collides with the block	hit.amethyst_block	1.0	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	[hide]Translation key
Budding Amethyst	budding_amethyst	Block & Item	crystal_sound_blocks mineable/pickaxe	block.minecraft.budding_amethyst

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID	[hide]Translation key
Budding Amethyst	budding_amethyst	583	Block & Giveable Item	Identical	tile.budding_amethyst.name

History

May 21, 2009							Notch mentioned crystal blocks as a potential block type that can be found in the underground.
October 3, 2020							Amethyst-related blocks are mentioned at Minecraft Live 2020. It was mentioned that, like with monster spawners, blocks that generate amethysts would not be movable by survival means, forcing players to build farms in situ for these resources.
October 6, 2020							Cory Scheviak tweeted a screenshot where budding amethyst was seen, unnamed at the moment.
[hide]Java Edition
1.17			20w45a				Added budding amethyst.
			20w46a				The texture of budding amethyst has been changed.
			20w48a				The texture of budding amethyst has been changed again.
[hide]Bedrock Edition
1.17.0 Experiment Caves and Cliffs			beta 1.17.0.50				Added budding amethyst.
1.17.0			beta 1.17.0.52				Budding amethyst are no longer available only in experimental gameplay.
1.21.50			Preview 1.21.50.24				Budding amethyst is now slower to mine when using an improper tool, matching Java Edition.

Trivia

• JAPPA has said the reasoning for the 'x' pattern on the block is because "the plane-crystals grow out of it".
• According to Agnes Larsson, budding amethyst cannot be obtained without commands in Survival mode because the developers wanted to encourage players to return to the same amethyst geode repeatedly, rather than mining away the budding amethyst and farming it at their home. This functions in a similar way to the monster spawner.
• According to Cory Scheviak, budding amethysts were inspired by atium from the fantasy novel series Mistborn.

Gallery

• 

  Budding amethyst with the surrounding amethyst mined away.

• 

  Budding amethyst on artwork for International Women's Day.

Issues

Issues relating to "Budding Amethyst" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Java Edition

• MC-204022 – You can place signs on the sides of amethyst buds/clusters
• MC-217793 – Budding Amethyst ignores loot table from data packs
• MC-248223 – Sounds of large/medium amethyst buds are switched

Bedrock Edition

• MCPE-126223 – Amethyst Buds/Clusters are sorted in reverse on Bedrock
• MCPE-130025 – No sound when walking with jumping on small amethyst bud